Friends Carry
March 15, 2026 Elwyn Johnston
Mark 2:1 – 12
Verse of the Week: “lift up your eyes and look on the fields, for they
are white for harvest.” John 4:35
1. God has called us to carry people
“they came, bringing to Jesus a paralytic, carried by four men.”
Mark 2:3
“lift up your eyes and look on the fields, for they are white for harvest.”
John 4:35
“A friend loves at all times.” Proverbs 17:17
“when you did it to one of the least of these…you were doing it to Me!”
Matthew 25:40
2. God has called us to continual persistence
“Being unable to get to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the
roof” Mark 2:4
“Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and
endures through every circumstance.” 1 Corinthians 13:7
Recognize divine appointments
Relax and let God lead
Rest in God’s timing
“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.” 1 Cor. 3:6
“your sins are forgiven.” Mark 2:5
“he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out”
Mark 2:12
“they were all amazed and were glorifying God” Mark 2:12
8 Mar 2026
Less Is More
Less is More
March 8, 2026 Elwyn Johnston
Matthew 6:16 – 18
Verse of the Week: “Return to Me with all your heart, and with
fasting…rend your heart and not your garments.” Joel 2:12 & 13
1. Fasting is about us pursuing God.
“As the deer pants for the water, so my soul longs for You.” Ps. 42:1
“The days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them,
and then shall they fast.” Matthew 9:15
2. Fasting positions us…
To hear God’s voice.
“Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and,
with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they
had put their trust.” Acts 14:23
“this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything
according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us,
whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we
desired of Him” 1 John 5:14 & 15
To be used by God.
“While the church at Antioch were ministering to the Lord and
fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for
the work to which I have called them.’” Acts 13:2
“Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the
devil. For forty days and forty nights Jesus fasted” Matthew 4:1 & 2
“I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground”
Isaiah 44:3
Practical steps:
1. Prayer focus - daily prayer points
1) Salvations
2) Spiritual Growth
3) Relationship Healing
4) Freedom
5) Community Transformation
6) School System
7) Churches, Easter Revelation
2. Replace what’s good for what’s better
3. What is God asking of you?
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